The Villarreal captain continues his recovery ahead of the match against Atlético de Madrid
The Villarreal captain continues his recovery ahead of the match against Atlético de Madrid.
Villarreal CF captain Raúl Albiol continues to take steps towards his recovery and hopes to be available for the upcoming match against Atlético de Madrid at the Estadio de la Cerámica (Monday, 1st April). “I’m feeling really good. I hope to join the group next week and be available for the game against Atlético de Madrid,” he said.
For the Yellows No.3, the team is on a very good run and it’s time to be ambitious for the rest of the season: “It’s time to look upwards. We must take advantage of the team’s momentum to be able to look upwards and go game by game to see if we can be higher up in the next few games. We have to enjoy the moment we are in and be ambitious. Now is the time to enjoy every game, the pressure is different. The pressure is different. The pressure is not the same when you’re fighting higher up as it is when you’re at the bottom.”
The Submarine have gone nine LaLiga games without defeat. “For some time now we’ve been reducing the chances the opposition create. They create fewer and fewer chances for us, even if we continue to concede goals, the sensations were different. Even if we didn’t win some games like those against Mallorca, Cádiz, Alavés… the feeling was already different, the opponents created fewer chances and that gave us security. We have achieved this through hard work, helping each other and collectively the results come out in the end”, said Albiol.
As for the upcoming game against Atlético de Madrid, Albiol was confident in the team’s chances and asked for the support of the fans: “We have big games ahead of us, against rivals at the top like Atlético de Madrid and we want to keep winning and show that we can compete against these types of teams. We expect an atmosphere like the one we experienced the other day in the derby against Valencia. It is essential that they come to support us, that they also take advantage of the team’s momentum against a rival that is not getting the best results away from home and that is playing to get into the Champions League or not and they will come with the desire to win. It will be a very difficult game and we hope to continue to be strong at home.”
